GodhA Sthuthi: Part X -SlOkam 7

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Namo Narayanaya!

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the sixth paasuram , Swami Desikan compared

the dhivya svarUpam and the anantha KalyANa GuNams

of ANDAL with the six rivers . In the seventh slOkam,

He hints at the reason why Adhi Kavi Valmiki's

speech in Srimath RaamAyaNam is sweet and elaborates

on the sambhandham between Godhai and Sage VaalmIki.

 

SlOkam 7:

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ValmIkatha: sravaNathO VasudhAthmanasthE

jaathO bhabhUva sa muni: Kavi saarvabhouma:

GodhE kimadhbhutham idham yadhamI svadhanthE

VakthrAravindha makarandha nibhA: prabhandhA:

 

(Meaning): Oh GodhE ! Vedams declare that

the ant hills are the ear of BhUmi pirAtti .

Since You are the amsam of BhUmi Devi ,

the anthills are also Your ears. The sage ,

who originated from those anthills is Adhi

Kavi VaalmIki. He is saluted as the foremost among

poets because of his creation of the immaculate

ithihAsam , Srimath RaamAyaNam . Is it any wonder

therfore that the Sri Sookthis that arose from

Your sacred mouth being like the divine nectar

in their enjoyability ?

 

Here Swamy Desikan salutes those , who have

the sambhandham with Her.One such sambhandhi is

Adhi Kavi VaalmIki.The first two lines recognizes

the relationship between the Adhi Kavi, who

arose out of the ears of BhUmi Devi ( the ant Hills)

and Godhai , who is VasudhAthmanA . Swamy says

that " Valmikatha: SravaNayO : VasudhAthmaNasthE

Jaatho sa muni: " That Muni born out of the anthills,

which are Your ears as the amsam of Vasudhai (Bhumi

Devi) is the meaning of this passage . " Valmikatha:

Jaatha: sa Muni: Kavi Saarvabhouma: BhabhUva " .

Swamy Desikan points out that sage arising from

the ant hills became the supreme poet and

created Srimath RaamAyanam.

 

In the second paadham of this slOkam explains

the reasons for Sage Valmiki becoming a supreme

poet because of his relationship with Godhai

as the amsam of BhU Devi and pays tribute to

the matchless sweetness of Godhai's own prabhandhams.

 

Swami says that Sage ValmIki rose out of the ears

of Godhai . If that were to be the reason for his

IthihAsam to be so sweet to enjoy , Swamy asks what

would be the status of the Prabhandhams that arose

out of the lotus face of Godhai and answers it:

 

" kimadhbhutham idham yadh-amI svadanthE

VakthrAravindha makarantha nibhA: prabhndhA: "

 

Swamy Desikan answers his own question and

says it is no wonder that the Prabhandhams

that arose out of the lotus face of Godhai

are very sweet and delectable.

 

Godhai ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Satakopan

 

P.S : The Jan 12 , 1997 (Parts I-III )

Bhakthi archives has my earlier postings on

the following ten slOkams of GodhA Sthuthi :

 

8, 10 ,11 , 17 , 18, 20 ,21 ,24, 25 and 27.

 

Hence I will not add more material on them .

 

I will post articles over the next few days

only on the following 12 slOkams with extended

commentaries as a part of this year's Aadi

Pooram celebrations:

 

9, 12-16, 19,21,22 26 , 28 and 29.

 

This way , there will be acomplete set of

articles on all of the 29 slOkams of

Sri GodhA Sthuthi.